The Rye High School track team split up last week with the majority of the team heading to the Cinco De Mayo Invitational at Walsenburg, while several went to the Pueblo Twilight Meet at Dutch Clark Stadium.

The Rye High School baseball team had three well played games last week but ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard in two of those. On April 3 the Thunderbolts traveled to Monte Vista and in a hard fought, extra inning game, dropped a 11-8 decision.

The Rye High School girls’ soccer team finished with a pair of wins, but it ended up to be their final matches because they ended up ranked #21 but only the top 16 teams go to the playoffs. Head Coach John Crowell, indicated that next year they are talking about 32 teams making the playoffs but also indicated some skepticism if that would happen.

The girls soccer team split a pair of games last week, dropping a Wednesday contest to Fountain Valley, 4-1 and downing Pueblo Central 5-0 on Friday. Fountain Valley took a 3-0 lead at halftime on their home field.

“You can’t commit eight errors and walk four batters against a good team and come out with one in the win column,” shared Head Coach Stacey Graham. “ The field played hard and fast, but we play on different fields all the time,” Graham continued.

Thirty-three teams displayed their track skills at the Rocky Ford Invitational on Friday, April 26. Rye grabbed a gold in both the boys’ and girls’ division.

The Rye High School track team claimed eight medals at their own invitational when they hosted 25 teams on Friday the 19th. Isaiah Guzman claimed the gold medal with a triple jump of 42’ 10” to win the only individual gold of the day.

The Rye High School girls’ golf team won the 14 team Pueblo East Invitational Tournament held on April 19, at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo. The Rye Lady Thunderbolts pulled out a single stroke win over 4A Pueblo West.

The Rye High School baseball team gave #5 ranked Peyton all they could handle but a disastrous 6th inning gave the visitors a 10-7 victory. Rye led the entire game until the 6th when they carried a 4-1 lead.

The Rye High School baseball team outscored a pair of opponents 47-3 last week and easily won three games to move their record to 5-3 and 2-1 in league play. On April 2, Rye hosted Florence and downed the visitors 17--2.